EP0112471A1 - Dispositif pour mouvoir des containers - Google Patents

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EP0112471A1
EP0112471A1 EP19830111031 EP83111031A EP0112471A1 EP 0112471 A1 EP0112471 A1 EP 0112471A1 EP 19830111031 EP19830111031 EP 19830111031 EP 83111031 A EP83111031 A EP 83111031A EP 0112471 A1 EP0112471 A1 EP 0112471A1
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George Mathew Statkus
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G17/00—Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface
    • B65G17/16—Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising individual load-carriers which are pivotally mounted, e.g. for free-swinging movement
    • B65G17/18—Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising individual load-carriers which are pivotally mounted, e.g. for free-swinging movement and move in contact with a guiding surface
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G17/00—Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface
    • B65G17/30—Details; Auxiliary devices
    • B65G17/32—Individual load-carriers
    • B65G17/36—Individual load-carriers having concave surfaces, e.g. buckets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G21/00—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors
    • B65G21/20—Means incorporated in, or attached to, framework or housings for guiding load-carriers, traction elements or loads supported on moving surfaces
    • B65G21/22—Rails or the like engaging sliding elements or rollers attached to load-carriers or traction elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2201/00—Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled
    • B65G2201/02—Articles

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  • the present invention pertains to an improved apparatus for effecting travel of a multiplicity of container pockets along an endless pathway in a conveyor. More particularly, the invention pertains to an apparatus for independent control of each of the container pockets whereby they are caused to travel about the curved portions of the conveyor with a smoother motion of travel than has been heretofore possible with known conveyor devices of the prior art.
  • the device for effecting travel of a container pocket about an endless pathway in a conveyor includes a support housing having a V-shaped container fixedly attached to one of its side surfaces.
  • the opposite side of this support housing is provided with a pair of horizontal and laterally extending spaced apart rib members. These rib members are adapted to rotatably support rollers or wheel elements in opposed relation that are adapted to operatively engage the upper and lower surfaces of the conveyor's endless track member.
  • the conveyor includes an endless drive chain which interconnects a pair of spaced sprocket members that are disposed above and adjacent the endless track member.
  • the support housing is connected to the endless drive chain by means of a link element having one end pivotally connected to the latter and the opposite end to the support housing. This link element is effective in pulling its respective container pocket along the endless track member and, being pivotally connected at each end as described, it is caused to assume an angular position as its container pocket travels around the curved portion of the endless track member.
  • FIG. 1 the various mechanisms are shown that form a newspaper assembler that is identified generally by numeral 10.
  • This assembler includes among its several mechanisms a pair of spaced stream makers 12 and 14, a gripper conveyor 16 and gripper type feeders 18 and 20.
  • a pocket carousel or endless conveyor with which the present invention is operatively associated is identified generally by numeral 22 and is provided with a multiplicity of pockets of V-shaped configuration that are depicted generally by numeral 24.
  • a portion of the conveyor's endless track member is shown at 26 and the pockets 24 are caused to travel in their intended pathway by being operatively connected, in a manner yet to be described, to an endless drive chain 28 that is disposed in operative engagement with a pair of spaced sprocket members 30.
  • the pockets 24 are each provided with a support housing 32 which serves to operatively connect them to the conveyor's track member 26.
  • a container or pocket 24 is shown fixed to the outer vertical surface of the support housing 32 and the opposite side being disposed in operative association with the track member 26 is provided with a pair of spaced, horizontally located and laterally extending rib members 34 and 36.
  • the rib members 34 and 36 are provided with circular pockets 38 disposed in aligned and opposed relation and have bifurated support plugs 40 rotatably assembled therein.
  • These support plugs 40 are adapted to rotatably support wheel members 42 within their bifurcations by means of a pin 44 and the wheels have a configuration conforming to the upper and lower surfaces of the track member 26 with which they are in engagement.
  • the plug members assembled in the circular pockets 38 formed in the upper rib member 34 (Fig. 5) are each provided with a thrust bearing 46 which serves to facilitate rotative movement of the plugs as they are caused to travel about the curved portions of the endless track member 26.
  • the means for effecting travel of the individual support housings 32 and their respective pockets 24 about the endless track member 26 defines a link member 48 (Figs. 4 and 5) having one end pivotably connected to the upper surface of the rib member 34 by means of a screw 50.
  • the opposite end of this link member 48 is pivotably connected to the endless drive chain 28 by means of a pin 52 which also serves to interconnect adjacent links of the chain.
  • Figs. 6 and 7 show modifications of the means for effecting movement of the support housing 32 and their respective pockets 24 about the endless track member 26.
  • the upper portion of the support housing is depicted by numeral 34' and houses a pair of roller bearings 54 and 56 mounted on pins 58 and 60 respectively which are adapted to engage the cuneiformed surfaces of the endless track member 26.
  • the lower portion of the support housing houses another pair of roller bearings for engaging the lower cuneiformed surfaces of the endless track member 26.
  • the endless track member is identified by numeral 62 and has a rectangular cross sectional configuration.
  • the upper portion of the support housing is depicted by numeral 34" in Fig. 7 and houses a pair of rollers 64 for engaging the sides of the endless track member 62 and a third roller member 66 for engaging the upper surfaces thereof.
  • Roller members 64 are rotatably supported on pins 68 and roller member 66 on a pin 70.
  • the lower portion of the support housing not shown in Fig. 7 is provided with the same roller members for engaging the lower portion of the endless track member 62.

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FR2594628A1 (fr) * 1986-02-21 1987-08-28 Femenia Fabrication Machine de recolte pour culture en lignes, notamment pour la vigne
EP0254273A1 (fr) * 1986-07-22 1988-01-27 Reinhard Schindele Convoyeur à bande d'acier avec guidage à garde-fou
GB2202814A (en) * 1987-03-13 1988-10-05 Stewart Gill & Company Limited A carousel guiding and driving arrangement
EP0656304A2 (fr) * 1993-12-01 1995-06-07 ALCATEL ITALIA S.p.A. Installation pour transporter des articles le long d'une trajectoire fermée étant définie par un guidage
DE9406060U1 (de) * 1994-04-12 1995-08-17 Mts Modulare Transp Sys Gmbh Rollapparat eines Hängeförderers
EP0834460A2 (fr) * 1996-09-25 1998-04-08 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Système d'assemblage de feuilles

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US3122362A (en) * 1960-02-13 1964-02-25 Josef Funk Kg Fa Conveyor installation
US4116427A (en) * 1976-02-19 1978-09-26 Grapha-Holding Ag. Apparatus for stuffing newspapers or the like
DD132582A1 (de) * 1977-09-23 1978-10-11 Roland Reichenberger Greiferwagenfuehrung
AT363123B (de) * 1975-12-27 1981-07-10 Habegger Willy Einschienenzahnradbahn
AT363515B (de) * 1975-12-27 1981-08-10 Habegger Willy Einschienenzahnradbahn
FR2507165A1 (fr) * 1981-06-04 1982-12-10 Advance Enterprises Inc Dispositif de transport a grande vitesse pour journaux, magazines et autres

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3122362A (en) * 1960-02-13 1964-02-25 Josef Funk Kg Fa Conveyor installation
AT363123B (de) * 1975-12-27 1981-07-10 Habegger Willy Einschienenzahnradbahn
AT363515B (de) * 1975-12-27 1981-08-10 Habegger Willy Einschienenzahnradbahn
US4116427A (en) * 1976-02-19 1978-09-26 Grapha-Holding Ag. Apparatus for stuffing newspapers or the like
DD132582A1 (de) * 1977-09-23 1978-10-11 Roland Reichenberger Greiferwagenfuehrung
FR2507165A1 (fr) * 1981-06-04 1982-12-10 Advance Enterprises Inc Dispositif de transport a grande vitesse pour journaux, magazines et autres

Cited By (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2594628A1 (fr) * 1986-02-21 1987-08-28 Femenia Fabrication Machine de recolte pour culture en lignes, notamment pour la vigne
EP0254273A1 (fr) * 1986-07-22 1988-01-27 Reinhard Schindele Convoyeur à bande d'acier avec guidage à garde-fou
GB2202814A (en) * 1987-03-13 1988-10-05 Stewart Gill & Company Limited A carousel guiding and driving arrangement
GB2202814B (en) * 1987-03-13 1991-02-13 Stewart Gill & Company Limited Storage apparatus of the carousel type
EP0656304A2 (fr) * 1993-12-01 1995-06-07 ALCATEL ITALIA S.p.A. Installation pour transporter des articles le long d'une trajectoire fermée étant définie par un guidage
EP0656304A3 (fr) * 1993-12-01 1996-03-13 Alcatel Italia Installation pour transporter des articles le long d'une trajectoire fermée étant définie par un guidage.
DE9406060U1 (de) * 1994-04-12 1995-08-17 Mts Modulare Transp Sys Gmbh Rollapparat eines Hängeförderers
EP0834460A2 (fr) * 1996-09-25 1998-04-08 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Système d'assemblage de feuilles
EP0834460A3 (fr) * 1996-09-25 1998-08-05 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Système d'assemblage de feuilles
CN1064636C (zh) * 1996-09-25 2001-04-18 海德堡印刷机械股份公司 片状材料的配页系统

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DE112471T1 (de) 1984-10-11
CA1197487A (fr) 1985-12-03

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